Hugh Mercer Apothocary
Company Names, addresses, dates:
  Hugh Mercer Apothocary, Fredericksburg VA (1761-1776) 1
Notes:
I don't have any bottles from the Hugh Mercer Apothecary. So far as I know,
drugstores didn't sell anything in bottles back in the 1770s.
But today a museum exists where his apothecary was.
For more information on the Hugh Mercer apothocary, see the wikipedia site for the
Hugh Mercer Apothecary.
Photos:
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This is a picture I took of the apothcary/museum in February 2009.
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postcards:
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This postcard shows the front of the apothecary, ca.1970s. On the rear it says:
The apothecary shop still stands as he left it when he went away to die a General and a
hero at Princeton, during the Revolutionary War.
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This postcard shows the front of the apothecary, and also has a picture of
what looks like a statue of Hugh Mercer.
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This postcard shows the front of the apothecary, ca.1960s. On the rear it says:
Dr. Hugh Mercer, physican, solder and patriot of the colonies (though born in Scotland)
operated this Apothecary Shop from 1771 to 1776. Relics of 18th century medicine and
pharmacy are on display.
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This postcard shows the front of the apothecary, from sometime in the early 1900s.
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This postcard looks similar to the one above, except it's black-and-white. It's post-marked 1909.
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This postcard shows the rear of the apothecary, ca.1970s. On the rear it says:
Dr. Hugh Mercer used the area behind his Apothecary Shop for growing herbs. Presently,
it appears as a mid eighteenth century garden in the English manner.
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This postcard shows the interior of the apothecary, with a portrait of Dr. Mercer hanging
over a fireplace.
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1 These are the dates listed on the sign outside the museum.
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